Monday, May 26, 2008

Cuckoo

1: a largely grayish-brown European bird (Cuculus canorus) that is a parasite given to laying its eggs in the nests of other birds which hatch them and rear the offspring; broadly : any of a large family (Cuculidae of the order Cuculiformes) to which this bird belongs
2: the call of the cuckoo
3: a silly or slightly crackbrained person

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